Saturday, August 25, 2018

Petal Promenade Wedding Wallet

My project today gave me great pleasure to make.

Over the years I have watched my niece, Nicole, grow into a beautiful young woman and today she takes the next step in her life to marry the man of her dreams!

I knew that I wanted something very special for Nicole and Brad and along came Trayce Bauer with a stunning wedding wallet and video tutorial!

Though I had wanted to do something in Turquoise and/or Rose Gold (their wedding colors), I settled instead for using some of the gorgeous Petal Promenade DSP. If you haven't yet bought this, run to my online store now and pick some up! It is stunning paper and will be essential for all your summer projects and weddings!

I won't recreate Trayce's great tutorial here . . . better for you to watch her video. Suffice to say that I created the initial wallet piece using Thick Whisper White card stock and then added Petal Promenade mattes that were cut 1/8" smaller than the sections in which they were adhered.

Other card details:

For the flap of the wallet card, the corners were rounded using the Detailed Trio Punch. The DSP matte also had the corners rounded.
For the inside piece where the sentiment was stamped, a piece of Gold Foil, 1/8" smaller than the section to which it was adhered, was topped with another piece of Thick Whisper White, the corners which had been punched with the Detailed Trio Punch to let the Gold Foil show through.
The stamp set for both the sentiment on the belly band and inside the card were from the now retired Falling For You stamp set but there are many other current stamp sets you could use.
The belly band measured 2 x 11" and was cut from Blackberry Bliss. Using the Tufted Embossing Folder gave it a touch of elegance. The band was spritzed with water and then embossed at one end. The band was removed and the other end placed inside, carefully lining up with the previous embossed pattern, and then embossed again. It was folded around the completed wallet and adhered using Tear & Tape, leaving a little "give" to allow the belly band to be easily removed and replaced.
The front sentiment was stamped with Blackberry Bliss on Thick Whisper White and then die cut using the #3 circle in the Stitched Shapes Thinlits. The #7 scalloped circle from the Layering Circles Framelits was used to die cut a matte from Gold Foil. The two were adhered using liquid adhesive. (See my Numbered Dies Sets.)
Fast Fuse was applied to the back of the sentiment circle and then a nest of Rose Metallic Thread was adhered. Also adhered to the back were Mossy Meadow die cut leaves (Petals & More Thinlits) and Gold Glimmer leaves (Leaf Punch). The circle was then adhered over top of the belly band, at the front of the wallet, using Dimensionals.

Please don't think I'm cheap—I only had some $20 bills on hand to photograph this card! :)

The pictures of this card really don't do it justice! The DSP is just so rich and glamourous and the wallet is very sturdy and substantial. It will be a joy to present to Nicole and Brad!

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